Yosuke Mizuno, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
Yokohama National University (YNU)
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Address: N6-2-701, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
TEL & FAX: +81-45-339-4276
E-Mail: mizuno-yosuke-rg ((at)) ynu.ac.jp
Research Interests
Optoelectronics, sensing photonics, optical fibers, nonlinear optics, Brillouin scattering, polymer optics, fiber fuse, smart structures, artificial nerves
Memberships
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Senior Member, Photonics Society)
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)
Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
Optics Design Group, Optical Society of Japan (OSJ)
Professional Activities
| 2012 – to date | Executive Board Member, Lightwave Sensing Technology Professional Group, JSAP |
| 2012 – to date | Committee Member, OFS Japan |
| 2014 – 2016 | Secretary, Nominations Committee, IEEE Tokyo Section |
| 2015 | Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, OECC 2015 |
| 2015 – to date | Technical Program Committee Member, OFS |
| 2015 – to 2021 | Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group |
| 2016 | Technical Program Co-Organizer, PIERS 2016 |
| 2016 | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2016 |
| 2016 | Technical Program Committee Member, APOS 2016 |
| 2016 – 2017 | Secretary/Treasurer, IEEE Photonics Society Japan Chapter |
| 2017 – to date | Executive Board Member, Optical Fiber Technology Professional Group, IEICE |
| 2017 – 2018 | Secretariat / Organization Committee / Technical Program Committee Member, APOS 2018 |
| 2018 – 2019 | Technical Program Committee Member, Laser Sensing Division, LSJ 2019 |
| 2018 | Technical Program Committee Member, ACP 2018 |
| 2018 – 2019 | Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2019 |
| 2019 | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2019 |
| 2019 | Technical Program Committee Member, APOS 2019 |
| 2019 | Technical Program Committee Member, POF 2019 |
| 2019 – 2020 | Technical Program Committee Member, CLEO-PR 2020 |
| 2019 – 2020 | Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2020 |
| 2019 – 2020 | Member, Optical Imaging & Sensing Technology Roadmap Committee |
| 2019 – 2020 | Associate Editor, APOS Special Issue, Optics Express, OSA |
| 2020 | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2020 |
| 2020 | Technical Program Committee Member, ACP 2020 |
| 2020 | Technical Program Committee Member, ICETC 2020 |
| 2020 – 2021 | Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2021 |
| 2021 | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2021 |
| 2021 – to date | Technical Program Committee Member, JSAP |
| 2021 – 2024 | Associate Editor, Japanese Journal of Optics, OSJ |
| 2021 – to date | Expert Investigator, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, MEXT |
| 2021 – 2022 | Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2022 |
| 2021 – 2022 | Technical Program Committee Member (Panel Session Organizer), OFC 2022 |
| 2022 – to date | Topical Editor, Optics Letters, Optica Publishing Group |
| 2022 | Technical Program Committee Member, POF 2022 |
| 2022 | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2022 |
| 2022 | Technical Program Committee Member, SPIE/COS Photonics Asia 2022 |
| 2022 – 2023 | Technical Program Committee Member, OFC 2023 |
| 2022 – 2023 | Technical Program Committee Member, CLEO 2023 |
| 2022 – 2023 | Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2023 |
| 2022 – 2023 | Technical Program Committee Chair, OFS 2023 |
| 2023 | Subcommittee Co-Chair, CIOP 2023 |
| 2023 | Technical Program Committee Member, POF 2023 |
| 2023 | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2023 |
| 2023 | Technical Program Committee Member, SPIE/COS Photonics Asia 2023 |
| 2023 – 2024 | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE ICCE 2024 |
| 2023 – 2024 | Technical Program Committee Member, CLEO 2024 |
| 2023 – 2024 | Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2024 |
| 2023 – 2024 | Technical Program Committee Member, CLEO-PR 2024 |
| 2023 – 2024 | Guest Editor, OFS-28 Special Issue, Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE/OPTICA |
| 2024 | Technical Program Committee Member, ICETC 2024 |
| 2024 | Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, APOS 2024 |
| 2024 | Technical Program Committee Member, SPIE/COS Photonics Asia 2024 |
| 2024 – to date | Technical Program Committee Member, POF 2024 |
| 2024 – to date | Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE ICCE 2025 |
| 2024 – to date | Technical Program Committee Member, CLEO 2025 |
Education
| 2005 | Bachelor of Engineering, the University of Tokyo “Bandwidth-Adjustable Optical Filter Using Dynamic Grating in Erbium-Doped Fiber Based on Synthesized Optical Coherence Function” (Supervisor: Prof. Zuyuan He) |
| 2007 | Master of Engineering, the University of Tokyo “Spin-Dependent Transport Properties in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor GaMnAs-based Spin Hot-Carrier Transistors” (Supervisor: Prof. Masaaki Tanaka) |
| 2010 | Doctor of Engineering, the University of Tokyo “Proposal and Performance Improvement of Brillouin Optical Correlation-Domain Reflectometry” (Supervisor: Prof. Kazuo Hotate) PDF |
Work Experience
| 2007 – 2010 | JSPS Research Fellow, DC1 |
| 2010 – 2012 | JSPS Research Fellow, PD |
| 2010 – 2012 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2011 | Visiting Research Fellow, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing |
| 2012 – 2016 | Assistant Professor, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2016 – 2020 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2020 – to date | Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University |
Awards
| 2005 | Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award 2004, University of Tokyo |
| 2008 | Fuji-Television Award, Vice Grand Prix of the 22nd Advanced Technology Award |
| 2009 | Outstanding Performance Award 2008, Global COE Debrief, University of Tokyo |
| 2009 | Outstanding Student Award 2008, Opto-Electronics Conference |
| 2010 | OCS Young Researchers Award 2010, IEICE Communication Society |
| 2011 | Funai Research Award 2010, Funai Foundation for Information Technology |
| 2012 | Mazak Research Paper Award 2011, Mazak Foundation |
| 2012 | Ando Incentive Prize for the Study of Electronics 2011, Foundation of Ando Laboratory |
| 2013 | NF Foundation R&D Encouragement Award 2012, NF Foundation |
| 2013 | Kenjiro Nakamura Prize 2012, Tejima Seiichi Commemorative Foundation |
| 2013 | Challenging Research Award 2013, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2015 | Konica Minolta Imaging Science Encouragement Award 2014, Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation |
| 2016 | Young Scientist Presentation Award 2015, Japan Society of Applied Physics |
| 2016 | ESPEC Prize for the Encouragement of Environmental Studies 2016, ESPEC Foundation |
| 2016 | Outstanding Reviewer Award 2016, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology |
| 2017 | New Chemical Technology Research Encouragement Award 2017, Japan Association for Chemical Innovation |
| 2017 | Optics Paper Award 2017, Optical Society of Japan |
| 2017 | Outstanding Reviewer Award 2017, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology |
| 2018 | Funai Information Technology Award 2017, Funai Foundation for Information Technology |
| 2018 | Nippon Foundation Ocean Engineering Award 2018, Leave a Nest Co. Ltd. |
| 2018 | Optics Design Award 2018, Optical Society of Japan |
| 2019 | Telecom System Award 2018, Telecommunications Advancement Foundation |
| 2019 | Outstanding Paper Award 2018, Light: Science & Applications |
| 2019 | Suematsu Digital Technology Award 2019, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2021 | Young Scientist’s Award 2021, Commendation for Science and Technology, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) |
| 2021 | ELEX Best Paper Award 2020, IEICE Electronics Society |
| 2022 | Konica Minolta Imaging Science Encouragement Award (Collaborative) 2021, Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation |
| 2022 | Young Researcher Award 2021, Yokohama National University |